Airbus Military says it will be capable of operating in any type of climate and weather conditions, providing an in-flight refuelling capability.
He has faced further embarrassment in front of his European partners in a debacle over Germany's promise to place a massive order of Airbus military planes for the European military project.
One of the projects that could suffer cuts is the Airbus A400M military plane.
Aside from the aerial displays, there are also plenty of side shows including the expected launch of the politically-fuelled Airbus A400M military transport, the return to the skies of the world's largest plane and a possible announcement of the future of Concorde.
In another clash with Ruggiero, Berlusconi ruled out Italian participation in the European military airbus project, the A400M.
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Lockheed also dreams of a joint venture with Airbus to make the military transporter plane that Europe desperately needs.
Once the firewalls were in place, though, BAE sold its stake in Airbus and doubled down on defense, becoming the third biggest military contractor in the world.
The deal was supposed to marry BAE's expertise in military and defence with EADS' aerospace juggernaut, Airbus, and was not simply aimed at cutting costs and employee numbers, according to the two companies' bosses.
It was supposed to marry BAE's expertise in military and defence with EADS' aerospace juggernaut, Airbus, and was not simply aimed at cutting costs and employee numbers, according to an editorial authored by the two companies' bosses in defence of the deal.
With few new military programs left to pursue and its jetliners being squeezed out of the commercial-transport market by Airbus and Boeing, McDonnell Douglas had run out of options: in 1997 it merged with Boeing and disappeared from the ranks of Pentagon contractors.
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